Using Social Networks to Obtain Medical Diagnosis

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Author(s): Gandhi Samuel Hernández-Chan (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain), Alejandro Rodríguez-González (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)and Ricardo Colomo-Palacios (Østfold University College, Norway)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal), Isabel Maria Miranda (Municipality of Guimarães, Portugal)and Patricia Gonçalves (School of Technology at the Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch015

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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Abstract

Web 2.0 Applications have gained much power and usability in the last years. A particular case is medicine Web sites, like forums, wikis, and others. In most cases, these sites provide general information without making contact with the physicians. On other side, the CDSS (Clinical Decision Support Systems) are very useful applications, and many of them are ontology based. In this chapter, the authors propose a social Web application that allows patients to make contact with their physicians through a CDSS list of signs. This application combines social Web, CDSS, and Web services.

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